quasi-bankrupt
rʌpt, -rəpt noun
1.
Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
2.
any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon him or her.
3.
a person who is lacking in a particular thing or quality: a moral bankrupt.
adjective
4.
Law. subject to or under legal process because of insolvency; insolvent.
5.
at the end of one's resources; lacking (usually followed by of or in ): bankrupt of compassion; bankrupt in good manners.
6.
pertaining to bankrupts or bankruptcy.
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verb (used with object)
7.
to make bankrupt: His embezzlement bankrupted the company.
Origin:
1525–35; < Medieval Latin banca rupta bank broken; replacing adaptations of Italian banca rota and French banqueroute in same sense
1525–35; < Medieval Latin banca rupta bank broken; replacing adaptations of Italian banca rota and French banqueroute in same sense
Related forms
pseu·do·bank·rupt, adjective
qua·si-bank·rupt, adjective
Synonyms
4. destitute, impoverished.
4. destitute, impoverished.
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bankrupt (ˈbæŋkrʌpt, -rəpt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person adjudged insolvent by a court, his or her property being transferred to a trustee and administered for the benefit of his creditors |
| 2. | any person unable to discharge all his or her debts |
| 3. | a person whose resources in a certain field are exhausted or nonexistent: a spiritual bankrupt |
| —adj | |
| 4. | adjudged insolvent |
| 5. | financially ruined |
| 6. | depleted in resources or having completely failed: spiritually bankrupt |
| 7. | (Brit) ( |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to make bankrupt |
| [C16: from Old French banqueroute, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca | |
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Word Origin & History
bankrupt
1530s, from It. banca rotta, lit. "a broken bench," from banca "moneylender's shop," lit. "bench" (see bank (1)) + rotta "broken, defeated, interrupted" from (and remodeled on) L. rupta, fem. pp. of rumpere "to break" (see rupture). "[S]o called
from the habit of breaking the bench of bankrupts" [Klein]. The verb is first recorded 1550s.
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